124185 VK BEd 08b.3: VK Cultural Studies for Language Teachers (2021W)
Popular Music Videos and Critical Cultural Studies
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 01.09.2021 00:00 to We 15.09.2021 11:59
- Deregistration possible until Su 31.10.2021 23:59
Details
max. 23 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 01.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Digital
- Friday 01.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Digital
- Saturday 02.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Digital
- Saturday 02.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Digital
- Saturday 02.10. 14:30 - 15:30 Digital
- Friday 15.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Digital
- Friday 15.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Digital
- Saturday 16.10. 09:00 - 11:00 Digital
- Saturday 16.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Digital
- Saturday 16.10. 14:30 - 15:30 Digital
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
This course will introduce students to some of the key concepts employed in cultural studies. We will discuss how cultural texts and cultural processes are produced and consumed. Focusing on such issues as power, hegemony, and globalization as well as such theories as structuralism and poststructuralism, among others, we will trace how the field of cultural studies has evolved as a discipline as well as outline the key approaches and issues that constitute cultural studies. What is “meaning”? What is the difference between “high culture” and “low culture”? How have “new media” transformed our world? These are some of the questions that the course will address. In the course, we will closely examine various cultural texts, and, especially, popular music videos.Teaching Mode: The course will take place online.
Assessment and permitted materials
Requirements:Attendance and active participation in course discussions (a maximum of two absences [3 hrs] will be allowed); an oral presentation (a teaching approach); an abstract; a term paper/essay; a final exam.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
• Active participation in class discussions: 20%
• Final exam: 20%
• Presentation (teaching approach): 20%
• Abstract: pass/fail
• Term paper: 40%To pass the course, students need to attain at least 60% and complete all assignments.
• Final exam: 20%
• Presentation (teaching approach): 20%
• Abstract: pass/fail
• Term paper: 40%To pass the course, students need to attain at least 60% and complete all assignments.
Examination topics
The final written exam of 50 minutes will include 7 open-ended questions.
Reading list
Some helpful introductory material includes:-- Judy Giles and Tim Middleton, Studying Culture: A
Practical Introduction (Malden: Blackwell, 2008)
-- Jeff Lewis, Cultural Studies: The Basics. 2d ed. (SAGE: Los Angeles, 2008)
Practical Introduction (Malden: Blackwell, 2008)
-- Jeff Lewis, Cultural Studies: The Basics. 2d ed. (SAGE: Los Angeles, 2008)
Association in the course directory
Studium: BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BEd 08b.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4686
Code/Modul: BEd 08b.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4686
Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:16